'Aliens' found in Yellowstone Park

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'Aliens' Found in Yellowstone Park
'Aliens' Found in Yellowstone Park

We've discovered Aliens ... OK, not exactly Aliens because we found it here on Earth. It's just that what scientists have seen is very unusual.

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Biosciences Division led a research group to scan the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park.

What they are reporting is that they have found a microbe there that first off can live in the hot acidic springs which is not a place for many creatures to survive.

That's including us, which we've seen unfortunately with people passing away when they fall off the decks in the National Park.

What is interesting beyond that is that the microbe has no cell nucleus or any organelles. It has an open environment exposed cellular membrane and lives through cell to cell contact with a host.

It's a specific partnership that is found nowhere else on earth and the Scientists says it could be a blueprint for how alien life could survive in harsh conditions and it could also serve as a valuable model to study the evolution of more complex systems.

It really is amazing that Earth is teeming or infested with life around every corner. Some of it lives in acidic and boiling hot vents and some of it takes naps after work.

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